We were huge fans of the Japanese restaurant that was formerly in this location, so decided to continue the tradition of stopping midday for an asian lunch between boutique hopping (Sprezzy is a dedicated Holt's shopper, after all) and try KOKO .We love sushi and I have a fondness for Korean, so we had hope that this might become a favorite.
Our last lunch left us most unimpressed. We ordered a roll with tuna in it and had to send it back because the tuna was -- ewww -- brown. After said roll was returned to be remade we were informed that the chef sears the tuna first always. Heh? Who the hell makes a tuna roll with cooked fish?! Also, the boyf hated an orange colored sauce (mayo? french dressing?) they liberally applied. By that time my mediocre beef bulgogi had been sitting out to cool, and had become cold, tough bulgogi. Not good.
It's a shame because the interior is quite nice -- I love the gorgeous varnished wood tables, the authentic chopsticks in wooden boxes and the small, Tokyo-like interior.
Who knows, maybe one day it'll revert back to a cute, little Japanese mom & pop place that makes their own soy sauce like the former residents.